Converting saloon table

[Andy Bav]

Am thinking of dispensing with current fixed arrangement and replacing with hydraulic / telescopic leg and getting an in fill cushion to connvert seating to an occasional berth.. Option 2 is to modify the fixed arrangement to make it removable / collapsable and fashion an infill that "hooks" onto existing seats. Marineteak seem to do the hydraulic leg for a table, but not sure if that would be up to the job...

Has anyone else done this, or similar and if so which way did you do it.

 

[Nick_H]

Penguin engineering sell electric, gas lift and manual pedestals

http://www.penguineng.com/tablepedestals.html

 

[FurryWritingDesk]

We have this arrangement - two heights of leg supporting the table. The tall one brings it level with the drawer unit so it is a table. The small one brings it level with the seating, with a cushion that sits between the fiddles making for an oversized double berth. Incredibly simple and low tech solution. Sorry, no pics to help you visualise.

 

[jfm]

Penguin engineering sell electric, gas lift and manual pedestals

http://www.penguineng.com/tablepedestals.html

yup penguin do barka pedestals. Timage.eu supply besenzoni and another brand whose name I forget ( using square tube for a contemporary look; I bought them for my current boat and they are azimut oem on their tables with square tubes). These all come in manual, gas and electric. Imp do a range with a slightly Dutch name ( forgotten it) but they are painful to order and I'd give them a miss

Sometimes to get the table low enough you need a 3 stage telescopic or you need the ped tube to go 6 inches below floor level. All these suppliers do these options

 

[Andy Bav]

yup penguin do barka pedestals. Timage.eu supply besenzoni and another brand whose name I forget ( using square tube for a contemporary look; I bought them for my current boat and they are azimut oem on their tables with square tubes). These all come in manual, gas and electric. Imp do a range with a slightly Dutch name ( forgotten it) but they are painful to order and I'd give them a miss

Sometimes to get the table low enough you need a 3 stage telescopic or you need the ped tube to go 6 inches below floor level. All these suppliers do these options

Thanks. Need to check the measurements next weekend as I have a feeling I'll need the 3 stage version as I dont want to have to go through the floor if i can help it but the barka / Penguin engineering ones do look more substantial..